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Saol, saothar agus saoithi煤lacht duine de na scr铆bhneoir铆 Ultacha Gaeilge is t谩bhachta铆 de chuid an 20煤 haois a thug a ch煤l d'athbheochan a theanga dh煤chais ag an st谩t.

B'煤rsc茅ala铆, liriceoir agus gn铆omha铆 ild谩nach 茅 S茅amus 脫 Grianna as Rann na Feirste i nGaeltacht Th铆r Chonaill a rinne teanga n谩isi煤nta liteartha d谩 chan煤int d煤chais. C茅 gur ceannr贸da铆 agus scr铆bhneoir bisi煤il 茅 agus 茅 ina fheachtas贸ir d铆ograiseach do Ghaeilge Uladh agus ina chr谩 cro铆 ag an iomad rialtas i mBaile 脕tha Cliath, faoin am ar chuir s茅 deireadh lena chuid scr铆bhneoireachta bh铆 aithreachas air gur scr铆obh s茅 a oiread agus focal i nGaeilge.

D'ainneoin nach raibh s茅 i bhf谩ch le polasaithe teanga Rialtas na h脡ireann, is 茅 an scr铆bhneoir is m贸 meas, agus is m贸 a theagasctar, i scoileanna Ch煤ige Uladh 茅.

The life, work and contradictions of one of the most important Ulster Irish writers of the 20th century, who rejected the state鈥檚 revival of his native tongue.

S茅amus 脫 Grianna was a gifted novelist, lyricist and activist from Rannafast in the Donegal Gaeltacht who shaped his local dialect into a national literary language. While he was a pioneering and prolific writer, a tireless campaigner for Ulster Irish and a thorn in the side of successive Dublin governments, at the end of his career he wrote that he regretted ever writing one word of Irish.

Despite his lack of support for the Irish government鈥檚 Irish language policies, he is still the most revered and taught Irish language author in Ulster鈥檚 schools.